Génesis 40
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Sueños del copero y del panadero del faraón
40 Ocurrió, pasado algún tiempo, que el copero y el panadero del rey de Egipto ofendieron a su señor. 2 Se encolerizó el faraón con sus dos cortesanos —el copero mayor y el panadero mayor— 3 y los hizo poner bajo custodia en casa del capitán de la guardia, que era la misma cárcel donde se hallaba preso José. 4 El capitán de la guardia encargó a José que los atendiera.
Llevaban varios días en la cárcel, 5 cuando en la misma noche, ambos —el copero y el panadero del rey de Egipto— tuvieron un sueño, cada uno el suyo, y cada sueño con su propio significado. 6 Por la mañana, cuando José fue a verlos, los encontró preocupados; 7 así que preguntó a los dos cortesanos del faraón que estaban presos con él en casa de su señor:
— ¿Qué les pasa hoy que tienen tan mala cara?
8 Ellos contestaron:
— Hemos tenido un sueño, y no tenemos quien nos lo interprete.
José les respondió:
— Dios es quien interpreta los sueños; cuéntenmelos.
9 Entonces el copero mayor contó su sueño a José:
— En mi sueño veía una vid delante de mí, 10 que tenía tres sarmientos. La vid echó brotes y flores y las uvas iban madurando en los racimos. 11 Con la copa del faraón en mano, yo tomaba los racimos, los estrujaba en la copa y luego yo mismo la ponía en la mano del faraón.
12 José le dijo:
— Esta es la interpretación: los tres sarmientos son tres días. 13 De aquí a tres días, el faraón revisará tu caso y te repondrá en tu cargo, y volverás a poner la copa del faraón en su mano como antes, cuando eras su copero. 14 Sólo te pido que te acuerdes de mí cuando todo se haya arreglado. Por favor, háblale de mí al faraón para que me saque de este lugar, 15 pues me raptaron del país de los hebreos, y aquí no he hecho nada para que me tengan en la cárcel.
16 Cuando el panadero mayor vio que José había acertado con la interpretación del sueño le dijo:
— Pues yo soñé que llevaba tres canastillos de mimbre sobre mi cabeza. 17 En el canastillo de arriba llevaba los pasteles que se hacen para el faraón, pero las aves venían a picotear de ese canastillo sobre mi cabeza.
18 José le dijo:
— Esta es la interpretación: Los tres canastillos son tres días. 19 De aquí a tres días, el faraón revisará tu caso y te hará colgar de una horca, y las aves picotearán la carne de tu cuerpo.
20 Efectivamente, al cabo de tres días, el faraón celebraba su cumpleaños y ofrecía un banquete a todos sus cortesanos. En presencia de estos, mandó sacar de la cárcel al copero mayor y al panadero mayor; 21 al copero mayor lo repuso en el cargo, para que volviese a ser quien pusiera la copa en la mano del faraón; 22 en cambio, mandó ahorcar al panadero mayor, tal como José había dicho. 23 Pero el copero mayor no se acordó de José, sino que se olvidó de él por completo.
Genesis 40
New King James Version
The Prisoners’ Dreams
40 It came to pass after these things that the (A)butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was (B)angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker. 3 (C)So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.
5 Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, (D)had a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation. 6 And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were [a]sad. 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, (E)“Why do you look so sad today?”
8 And they said to him, (F)“We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.”
So Joseph said to them, (G)“Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.”
9 Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine was before me, 10 and in the vine were three branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes. 11 Then Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
12 And Joseph said to him, (H)“This is the interpretation of it: The three branches (I)are three days. 13 Now within three days Pharaoh will (J)lift up your head and restore you to your [b]place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler. 14 But (K)remember me when it is well with you, and (L)please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house. 15 For indeed I was (M)stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; (N)and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon.”
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and there were three [c]white baskets on my head. 17 In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
18 So Joseph answered and said, (O)“This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days. 19 (P)Within three days Pharaoh will lift [d]off your head from you and (Q)hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”
20 Now it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s (R)birthday, that he (S)made a feast for all his servants; and he (T)lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. 21 Then he (U)restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and (V)he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. 22 But he (W)hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but (X)forgot him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 40:6 dejected
- Genesis 40:13 position
- Genesis 40:16 Or baskets of white bread
- Genesis 40:19 Lit. up
La Palabra, (versión hispanoamericana) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
